Politics

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Hillary Clinton's social media campaign to reach Hispanic voters backfired and the hashtag #NotMyAbuela, as in not my grandmother, was born.

Loretta Lynch's confirmation as attorney general was a pivotal moment in American history.

Thanks to a question about bullying, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Tuesday was able to respond to indirectly to Republican rival Donald Trump's latest crude comments directed at her.

During a campaign stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Monday, Donald Trump made "astonishingly sexist attacks against Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton."

Historically Black Colleges are great institutions that have served as safe havens for our favorite actors, singers, and moguls (looking at you, Puff Daddy) where they have received the inspiration and education to dominate the stage, and our hearts. While everyone loves a good story about a celebrity and their HBCU experience, many of America’s politicians […]

At what is likely to be his last news conference of the year before leaving for a family Christmas vacation, President Obama on Friday vowed to destroy ISIS, reports NBC News.

Congress on Friday overwhelmingly approved 'a sweeping, year-end fiscal package.'

The DNC says Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign improperly accessed confidential voter information gathered by rival Hillary Clinton.

Nation

In an op-ed for NewsOne, Benjamin L. Crump, president of the National Bar Association and prominent civil rights attorney, condemns Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia‘s remarks that some African-Americans are hurt by being admitted to top universities and might be better served at “slower-track” ones. The comments, which generated a firestorm of controversy, came last week during […]

Trump endured repeated attacks from one-time presumed front-runner Jeb Bush and other competitors as they joined in opposition to his call to ban Muslims from the United States. The debate came in the aftermath of terror attacks in San Bernardino, California, and Paris.

New poll numbers that show Texas Sen. and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz ahead of Donald Trump in the important primary state of Iowa has sparked a war of words between the men on social and mainstream media.